Sentencing continues for mom who glued kid's hands

Elizabeth Escalona, 23, sits in a courtroom to be sentenced, in Dallas, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. Escalona pleaded guilty on July 12, 2012, to injury to a child and is facing up to life in prison. A doctor has testified that the Texas mother glued her 2-year-old daughter's hands to a wall and beat the toddler so badly that she suffered significant brain trauma and bleeding inside her skull. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

DALLAS (AP) — Defense testimony continues in the sentencing hearing for a Dallas woman who admitted to beating her 2-year-old daughter and gluing her hands to a wall.

Prosecutors are seeking a 45-year prison sentence for Elizabeth Escalona who pleaded guilty in July to felony injury to a child.

Police say the 23-year-old mother lost her temper and attacked Jocelyn Cedillo in September 2011 because of potty training problems.

Police records show that Escalona’s other children told authorities she kicked Jocelyn in the stomach and hit her with a jug of milk. The other children said Escalona then glued Jocelyn’s hands to the wall.

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In testimony Monday, Escalona’s mother testified that her daughter is “not a monster” and that she deserves probation.